BBA Aviation - CEO Interviewed on Interim Results 2009

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - Unilever, the consumer goods-maker, unveils half year results reflecting increased volumes and overall progress on pricing and margins driven by innovation and increased A&P spend. In a video interview, CEO Paul Polman said: "We're pretty pleased with the progress we're making, although we recognise we've still got a lot to do.

August 2nd, 2009 LONDON - UK Banking group Barclays today announced its half-year 2009 results. In a video interview on cantos.com CEO John Varley looks at the group's strong income performance as well as the success of the overall strategy for earnings diversification.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Mining giant Anglo American says cost cutting initiatives and investment in three key projects mean it is well placed to benefit when the market returns to growth. In an interview with online business broadcaster cantos.com, Anglo's CEO Cynthia Carroll said: "I think Anglo is delivering on its promises.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - Brendan Hickman, founder and managing partner of Transportation Management Group, is to join UBM Aviation as Chief Commercial Officer. UBM Aviation www.ubmaviation.com) is a leading provider of aviation data and information products, publications and events for the global aviation community.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Downturn in Flights Most Marked Within Europe; South America set for an Upturn OAG (www.oagaviation.com) the world's leading aviation data business, has released its airline capacity outlook for the second half of 2009, to identify the projected trend in the global and regional supply of airline flights and seats. The world's airlines will offer 3.67% fewer flights and 2.76% fewer seats than they did a year ago.

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - In the second of a series of podcasts about radical career changes, Clive Sexton of Impact Executives joins Rob Grimsey and Carol Rosati of Harvey Nash, to discuss contracting and executive interim management. Interim managers are freelance executives who are bought in for a defined period of time.

May 19th, 2009 LONDON - In a video interview released on www.cantos.com Britvic CEO Paul Moody said that the soft drinks market is performing relatively well in an otherwise difficult economy. At the heart of that is "consumers switching to brands and categories that they know and love" in which Britvic has a strong position with brands such as Pepsi, Robinsons Squash and Fruit Shoot.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Lufthansa Tecknik Crowned Best All-Round MRO Service Provider Boeing Wins Two Awards Lufthansa Tecknik was the major winner at the inaugural Aviation Industry Awards (www.aviationindustryawards.com), organized by UBM Aviation, winning three titles plus the Best All-round MRO Service Provider title. The winners were announced at a ceremony on the night of Tuesday 5 May, attended by more than 400 industry executives.

April 16th, 2009 HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands - Despite numerous warnings from engineers that aviation safety is being compromised by declining standards, regulators have always maintained that everything is under control, until now. The Civil Aviation Authority's Director of European and International Strategy has apparently suggested that safety levels in the USA are now better than in Europe.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - Voting Now Open to Identify the Best in the Commercial Aviation Aftermarket Aviation Industry Group, part of UBM Aviation (www.ubmaviation.com ), has unveiled the short list for the inaugural AIG Awards and has announced that the final voting is officially underway. Suppliers and customers of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and related services in the commercial aviation aftermarket can vote online at www.aviationindustryawards.com for the companies they consider have excelled in the past year.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel on Tuesday said that there was no plan of retrenchment and early retirement scheme for the civil aviation sector employees. "There are approximately 52,042 employees working in the civil aviation sector in the attached/autonomous/public sector organisations under this ministry.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has assured its US counterpart that India will soon have a separate agency for investigating air accidents, a government official said Monday. 'We are streamlining the working of our agency and would have a separate agency to handle air accident investigations.

August 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Creating a slim and physically fit Second Life avatar, or virtual representation of oneself can push people to become healthier and more physically fit in their real lives as well, according to a study by researchers at RTI International. The study found support for the idea that individuals are more likely to engage in physical activities in their real lives if their avatars in Second Life engage in physical activities.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Friday appointed Arvind Jadhav, a 1978 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, as the chairman of the state-run National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL). He will take charge from E.K.

April 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unhappy with the performance of state-run carrier Air India, the government has decided to appoint an interim chairman and managing director for the carrier in place of incumbent Raghu Menon, officials confirmed Saturday. A list of names has also been forwarded to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet for a regular chief to run the National Aviation Company of India Ltd, which was formed last year after Indian Airlines was merged into Air India, they added.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation industry is likely to see a 6.8 percent fall in demand and 4 percent drop in capacity in 2009 due to the 'rapid deterioration of the global economic conditions,' an international air travel lobby said Tuesday. 'Overall, India is expected to see a 6.8 percent fall in demand but only a 4 percent drop in capacity,' Giovanni Bisignani, the director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said in a statement.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government hopes to earn around Rs.689 billion (Rs.68,900 crore) under the head service tax in 2009-10. It is the fifth largest tax revenue head for the government after the major heads like corporation tax, income tax, customs and excise.

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April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHIL - Disappointed over the performance of state-run carrier Air India, the government has decided to appoint an interim chairman and managing director for the carrier, officials said. E.K. Bharat Bhushan, who is presently serving as joint secretary and financial adviser in the civil aviation ministry, will replace incumbent Raghu Menon, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

December 30th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The government has postponed by at least six months the implementation of the new ground-handling policy at airports, expected to come into force Thursday, an official said Wednesday. 'The implementation of the new ground-handling policy has been deferred by six months or until further order,' said a spokesperson of the civil aviation ministry.